Informationen zum Autor JAMES ELLROY was born in Los Angeles. He is the author of the Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy: American Tabloid , The Cold Six Thousand, and Blood's A Rover; and the L.A. Quartet novels: The Black Dahlia , The Big Nowhere , L.A. Confidential , and White Jazz . He is also the author of two other Freddy Otash novels, Widespread Panic and The Enchanters . He was awarded the 2022 Los Angeles Times Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement. He lives in Colorado. Klappentext Los Angeles, 15th January 1947. A beautiful young woman walks into the night and meets a horrific destiny . Five days later, her tortured body is found drained of blood and cut in half. The newspapers call her 'The Black Dahlia'. For two cops, what begins as an investigation becomes a hellish journey that takes them to the core of the dead girl's twisted life. And soon professional curiosity spirals into obsession... __ 'A mesmerising study of the psycho-sexual obsession... extraordinarily well written' - The Times 'The outstanding crime writer of his generation' - The Independent 'A wonderful tale of ambition, insanity, passion and deceit' - Publishers Weekly Zusammenfassung Los Angeles, 15th January 1947. A beautiful young woman walks into the night and meets a horrific destiny. extraordinarily well written' - The Times'The outstanding crime writer of his generation' - The Independent 'A wonderful tale of ambition, insanity, passion and deceit' - Publishers Weekly

Vorwort
A neo-noir crime novel from the legendary crime novelist James Ellroy.

Autorentext
JAMES ELLROY was born in Los Angeles. He is the author of the Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy: American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Blood's A Rover; and the L.A. Quartet novels: The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz. He is also the author of two other Freddy Otash novels, Widespread Panic and The Enchanters. He was awarded the 2022 Los Angeles Times Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement. He lives in Colorado.

Klappentext

Los Angeles, 15th January 1947. A beautiful young woman walks into the night and meets a horrific destiny**.

**Five days later, her tortured body is found drained of blood and cut in half. The newspapers call her 'The Black Dahlia'. For two cops, what begins as an investigation becomes a hellish journey that takes them to the core of the dead girl's twisted life.

And soon professional curiosity spirals into obsession...
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'A mesmerising study of the psycho-sexual obsession... extraordinarily well written' - The Times
'The outstanding crime writer of his generation' - The Independent
'A wonderful tale of ambition, insanity, passion and deceit' - Publishers Weekly

Zusammenfassung
Los Angeles, 15th January 1947. A beautiful young woman walks into the night and meets a horrific destiny. extraordinarily well written' - The Times'The outstanding crime writer of his generation' - The Independent 'A wonderful tale of ambition, insanity, passion and deceit' - Publishers Weekly